In her travels around the world, Goodall implores humans to care for their evolutionary relatives.

In December, the EPA announced a phased ban of a cancer-causing chemical that can persist in groundwater. Iowa’s 1st District Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks and other lawmakers have introduced legislation to reverse that decision.

A growing number of organizations working in Iowa say the sweeping federal review process has held up grants, limiting their ability to support farmers and communities tackling environmental pollution.

In North America, all seven other planets in our solar system will be visible on Feb. 28.

While filling out state taxes, Iowans have the option of contributing to the Fish/Wildlife Fund – also known as the Chickadee Checkoff. It provides funding to the DNR to support habitat restoration and to monitor and research non-game wildlife, like songbirds and bumblebees.

Instead of regulating fertilizer, Iowa backs a voluntary program that has little impact.

Since 2000, a small team at the Iowa Department of Natural Resources has been collecting, cleaning and distributing seeds to reconstruct prairies across the state. One of their longest running partners to help fill orders is Iowa’s Department of Corrections.

An ecologist shares a beginner's guide to the mysterious creatures of the night sky: owls.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said nitrate and nitrite levels in six sections of the Cedar, Des Moines, Iowa, Raccoon and South Skunk rivers exceed safe drinking water standards and need to be curtailed.

The Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and Iowa State University are working together to boost the survival rate of young Blanding's turtles, which are threatened in Iowa.